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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • sgt_ahmedparker@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sgt Ahmed Bob Parker <sbobparker91@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: sgt_ahmedparker@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:10:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION AND CONFIDENTIAL.


Dear Friend,
Can You Be Sincere? My name is Sgt Ahmed Bob Parker,A citizen of united kingdom but serving in American soldier military with the army’s 3rd infantry division.
My contacting you is based on trust ,with a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I found your contact particulars in an address journal.
I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of ( $ 16 million u.s. dollars ) sixteen million united states dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here,This is no stolen money, and there are no dangers involved, as I have made arrangements with NACO SECURITY SERVICES COMPANY which also has branches in Europe and United kingdom London where i deposited the fund safe keeping and they promised to deliver the fund to any country of my choice destination.
Source of money: Some money in various currencies was discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near one of Saddam’s old palaces in Tikrit-Iraq during a rescue operation, and it was agreed by staff Sgt Kenneth buff and I that some part of this money be shared among both of us before informing anybody about it since both of us saw the money first.
This was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole. Of which my brother in-law was killed by a road side bomb last week.
You will find the story of this money on the web address below;www.inside Iraq The above figure was given to me as my share, and to control this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British contact working here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot to the naco security company here. he does not know the real contents of the package, and believes that it belongs to a British/American medical doctor who died in a raid here in Iraq.
One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with a third party, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please destroy this e-mail as any leakage of this information will be too bad for me

I do not know for how long we will remain here, and I have survived two suicide bomb attacks, which prompted me to reach out for help because I will be migrating to you to invest and start a new life not as a soldier anymore.
Please if this proposal is acceptable by you, kindly send me an e-mail signifying/Indicate your interest in assisting me as well as Providing the following information to facilitate the smooth conclusion of the Transaction.
1) Your Full Name: ----------------------
2) Your Address: ------------------------
3) Your Telephone Number: ---------------
4) Your scan copy of id card/pass-port: ----
5) Your Mobile Number: --------------------
6) occupation -----------------------------
As soon as I receive your email with the information, I will furnish you with full details on when and how the fund shall be delivered to you by the Naco Security Service Company's diplomat because for security reason i have packaged my own share and deposit it with them. You can contact me at my private email adress below:
sgt_ahmedparker@yahoo.com

Waiting for your urgent reply.

Best regards,

Sgt.Ahmed Parker.


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